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Daniel Kleppner

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Daniel Kleppner (December 16, 1932 – June 16, 2025) was an American physicist who was the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and co-founder and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms. His areas of science included atomic, molecular, and optical physics, and his research interests included experimental atomic physics, laser spectroscopy, and high precision measurements. Together with Robert J. Kolenkow, he authored a popular textbook An Introduction to Mechanics for advanced students. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Kleppner is the 785th most popular physicist, the 10,953rd most popular biography from United States and the 177th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Daniel Kleppner ranks 785 out of 851. Before him are Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, John Houghton, Ronald Drever, Bertrand Halperin, James Hartle, and Samuel King Allison. After him are John Pendry, Robert L. Forward, Ayşe Erzan, Werner Israel, Léon Rosenfeld, and Emil Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Daniel Kleppner ranks 513. Before him are Sergio Caprari, Donna Douglas, W. Morgan Sheppard, Andrew Young, Jake Garn, and Slide Hampton. After him are Poul Pedersen, Derek Taylor, Barbara Shelley, Vitold Kreyer, Athol Fugard, and Robert L. Forward.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Kleppner ranks 10,953 out of 20,380. Before him are Samuel King Allison (1900), George Henry Thomas (1816), Marguerite MacIntyre (1965), Steven R. McQueen (1988), Faith Evans (1973), and Ted Sorensen (1928). After him are Bob Clark (1939), Rory Cochrane (1972), Henry Proctor (1929), Amos Eaton (1776), Alan Rachins (1942), and Worthington Whittredge (1820).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Daniel Kleppner ranks 177. Before him are Stanton T. Friedman (1934), Erwin Hahn (1921), James M. Bardeen (1939), Bertrand Halperin (1941), James Hartle (1939), and Samuel King Allison (1900). After him are Robert L. Forward (1932), Sarah Frances Whiting (1847), Robert Detweiler (1930), Frank Press (1924), David J. Griffiths (1942), and Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922).

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